Protesters drag mayor through town, forcibly cut her hair

The mayor of the Bolivian town of Vinto, Patricia Arce, speaks to the press as she is being humiliated by a mob of opposition supporters who forcibly cut her hair and covered her in paint. [AFP]

Bolivia's President Evo Morales condemned Thursday an attack on a female mayor in which an opposition mob forcibly cut her hair, covered her in paint and marched her barefoot through the streets.

Bolivia has been rocked by deadly post-election violence over opposition claims that Morales rigged his re-election last month.